Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [be] confused " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could understand one man imagining that he saw a person in the immediate area of the box but it is hard to believe that two level-headed signalmen could have been mistaken enough to be confused by the same phenomenon . |
| 2 | This is not to be confused with her own personal feelings . |
| 3 | As the 1980s were drawing to their close , The West Highlander — not to be confused with the BR-promoted summer steam service of the same name running between Fort William and Mallaig — emerged as the Charter Unit 's most successful train , achieving an average load factor of 87 per cent . |
| 4 | Nationalist politics in Zambia were initiated in 1951 under the banner of the Northern Rhodesian African National Congress ( ANC — but not to be confused with the present-day ANC ) led by Harry Nkumbula , from the Ila people of southern Zambia . |
| 5 | Not to be confused with air vents is the owl-hole , a nearly square or circular opening 150–230mm ( 6–9in ) across , set high up in the gable of the barn . |
| 6 | The hardest task for his subordinates is to decide what the phrase ( now often shortened to NWO and not to be confused with the airline that used to be called Northwest Orient ) might mean . |
| 7 | Not to be confused with the more popular Cavalier , the King Charles Spaniel reflects a regal background in its happy , intelligent and affectionate nature |
| 8 | This classification is only for convenience : top fruits , such a figs , mulberries , quinces and hazel nuts , frequently produce several main stems and therefore resemble shrubs , while apples , pears , plums and peaches are often grown in short-stemmed forms known as bushes ( not to be confused with bush fruit , an alternative term for some soft fruits ) . |
| 9 | The first archbishop he appointed , Adalbert ( not to be confused with the martyr of that name who preached to the Liutizi Slavs and was greatly venerated by Otto III ) , was rather a grandee , and not above gratuitously forceful interventions in the feuds of the Saxon aristocracy . |
| 10 | This is not to be confused with the framing of part of a limitless series , a microcosmic view of the macrocosm . |
| 11 | The prod is not to be confused with the caress which gently brushes a surface . |
| 12 | Geomagnetic north is not to be confused with the geographic north pole , at 90N , about 770 miles to the north of both the magnetic and geomagnetic poles . |
| 13 | The organisation of the Catholic church is not to be confused with that of the Ministry of Transport or police department . |
| 14 | It is not to be confused with various autobiographies but those expecting warts to be exposed will be disappointed . |
| 15 | Expressive behaviour , according to Tormey ( and not to be confused with the way Harré is using the term ) points in two directions simultaneously : towards some state of emotional arousal in the person ( say , anger or wonder or pleasure ) ; and towards what he calls an intentional object , something outside the person to which the state of arousal is prepositionally related . |
| 16 | Ahead now , and then right , is Corso Europa in which stands the interesting Casa Litta — not to be confused with the even more interesting Palazzo Litta . |
| 17 | God 's Spirit is called the ‘ Holy ’ Spirit , to remind us that we are not to be confused with his unique identity , nor are we perfect as he is perfect . |
| 18 | This is not to be confused with the alienation of spirit where we are alone with ourselves . |
| 19 | ( Not to be confused with the volcano Pelee in the Caribbean . ) |
| 20 | ( Not to be confused with Stephenson the railway engineer ! |
| 21 | Precision is often needed if respondents are not to be confused ; to ask a person about his or her ‘ family ’ could mean to a single man his parents and siblings , but to a married man his wife and children . |
| 22 | This is not just genetic drift but a process whereby the entire structural basis of an organism is determined along particular lines ( not to be confused with rectilinearity ) of development . |
| 23 | We have moved onto 1875 and the two Polonaises ( not to be confused with the two earlier numbers for piano solo ) could not be more different . |
| 24 | Not to be confused with Pergolesi 's catalytic opera of the same name ( the one reputed to have sparked off the operatic ‘ Guerre des Bouffons ’ in Paris ) , Paisiello 's La Serva padrona ( ‘ The Servant Mistress ’ ) has enjoyed a less exalted fate . |
| 25 | Tropospheric ozone ( not to be confused with the ozone layer ) forms when vehicle emissions react with sunlight and is widely believed to damage trees . |
| 26 | Not to be confused with the superior coin-op conversion , Turtles 2 . |
| 27 | Here , an anaerobic ( oxygen-free ) environment is created through which the aquarium water is slowly trickled ( not to be confused with aerobic trickle filters ) . |
| 28 | Supersaurus is not to be confused with Megalosaurus ( 'giant reptile' ) , a lizard-hipped carnosaur living in the Jurassic and the very first dinosaur to be named and described , looking like a smaller Tyrannosaurus . |
| 29 | Not to be confused with the swept-wing Delta stunters , the 2-line Diamonds , known generically as Peter Powell types , although not always the size or the quality of Peter 's long serving originals , are popular first kites . |
| 30 | Carnival in Madeira is not to be confused with Carnival in Rio de Janeiro . |